June 12, 2015
At its TechShow event this week, automotive supplier Continental allowed a glimpse of what can be expected with the next generation of electric vehicles. The general trend is making these components more compact and more powerful.
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Touch display provides haptic feedback

May 29, 2015
Automotive supplier Continental has launched display that provides a tactile feedback for use in cars. The feedback feature increases operating safety and user-friendliness to the increasingly complex human machine interfaces in vehicles.
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Continental swallows Elektrobit’s automotive branch

May 20, 2015
Automotive supplier Continental has announced to take of the automotive activities of embedded software vendor Elektrobit (EB). With the move, Continental strengthens its standing in the increasingly software-intensive automotive systems market. The move increase the heat on competitor Bosch.
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Surround view camera assumes task of driver assistance system

May 7, 2015
Automotive supplier Continental has demonstrated a potential new application for surround view cameras: Their signals can be utilised to implement advanced driver assistance systems such as automatic braking when reversing, cross traffic assistant and automated parking.
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Continental, D'Ieteren launch JV for virtual car keys

March 12, 2015
The growing popularity of car sharing services has created the need for innovative forms of car access right management. To meet this demand an create secure virtual car keys, automotive supplier Continental has launched a joint venture with Belgian automotive services provider D'Ieteren. The JV's bears a telling name: OTA keys, with OTA being the acronym for "over-the-air".
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Privately-owned car not on the red list, study says

January 29, 2015
New usage models like carhsaring do not endanger the automotive industry's prevailing business. A representative survey from automotive tier one Continental shows that the vast majority of the population prefers owning a car over all other usage models. The poll, conducted in Europe, the US and China, also brought to light some surprises.
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Continental celebrates production of 200 million injectors

January 21, 2015
While globally the gasoline engine with port injection is still the prevailing type, the direct injection is catching up rapidly. Automotive supplier Continental is a driving force behind this trend with its PFI injectors. This product type currently celebrates its 10th anniversary. Within these ten years, Continental produced more than 200 million units.
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Google opens the hood of its self-driving car … a little bit

January 15, 2015
Who ever wondered how a software company could build a car - and not just a car but also a completely self-driving vehicle - got a touch of an answer from Google's presentation at the Automotive World News Congress. The company provided a glimpse to the development process of its robot car. And voilá: We meet many of the usual suspects in automotive technology.
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Infrared makes multi-finger gesture control affordable

December 18, 2014
Gesture control, already commonplace in consumer electronics, is also finding increasingly acceptance in the automotive environment. So far however, deployment is restricted to upmarket vehicles - for the affordable market segment, the technology is too expensive. Continental now has developed a technology to tap this market segment too.
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Software-Defined Car, IoT and Virtual Car Keys: The top ten stories in 2014

December 12, 2014
No doubt, 2014 once again was a very exciting year for developers in the widening field of automotive electronics. Widening because software and applications development are increasingly taking place in the automotive value chain, and more and more aspects have to be taken into consideration: Real-time behaviour of multicore systems, for instance. Or security, or sensor fusion etc. And here are the articles that generated the highest interest among our readers.
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Electronic horizon takes centre stage at Continental's CES exhibit

December 11, 2014
At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, automotive supplier Continental will highlight what it calls the next step of evolution of its eHorizon platform. At the show, Continental will highlight the prediction capability of the platform, enabling it to act as the information hub for many automotive functions from powertrain optimisation to automated driving.
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Smartphone terminal combines wireless charging, antenna and NFC

September 30, 2014
The smartphone has developed to the most important link between vehicles and the outside world. Taking this significance into account, Continental has developed a smartphone terminal for in-car use that combines wireless charging and antenna coupling with NFC communication in one system.
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Continental goes Silicon Valley, grabs Google guru

August 18, 2014
In the search for the individual mobility of the future, automotive supplier Continental AG has planted an offshoot in the Silicon Valley. The company's new Intelligent Transportation Systems business unit will be headed by Seval Oz - the expert for vehicle networking was instrumental in Google's Self Driving Car project.
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Next-gen HiFi competition takes place in the car

July 29, 2014
Car radio? Old school. Infotainment? Better. Now the next generation of fine audio is preparing to start at Continental and Audi. Is the golden age for audiophile car lovers arriving?
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Electric drum brake suits small cars

July 23, 2014
Today, electric park brakes are a privilege of upmarket vehicles; compacts and subcompacts have to content themselves with a mechanical park brake which is integrated into the rear axle drum brakes. Automotive supplier Continental brings the luxury of premium vehicles to the entry level.
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Head-up display integrates Augmented Reality

July 14, 2014
Speed, some simple navigation data, and, in newer implementations, speed limits - these are the data typically depicted in a head-up display (HUD). Supplier continental now goes one step further: The company announced a HUD that integrates Augmented Reality (AR) data - based on data extracted through sensor data fusion.
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TRW next takeover target? ZF says perhaps

July 11, 2014
German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG announced that it is in takeover talks with US based tier one TRW Automotive holdings. TRW acknowledges such talks without however providing details as to the identity of the potential buyer.
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Continental demands legal change to enable automated driving

July 7, 2014
If carmakers and suppliers are right, not technology but the legal situation today is the main roadblock for automated driving. The industry now demands a regulatory framework that enables the cars to take the control at the wheel.
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Bosch, Conti dominate automotive electronics market

June 3, 2014
Two 500 pound gorillas dominate the market for automotive electronics. On the bottom of the pile, a remarkable scramble of more or less known companies (at least from the European perspective): This describes the situation in the market for automotive electronics hardware.
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May 14, 2014
If traffic lights could speak, which language would the use to make sure that vehicles could understand them? An industry consortium of 31 companies, with automotive supplier Continental and aerospace research centre Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) among them is currently trying to find a solution. The project UR:BAN, designed to develop solutions for safe and efficient urban traffic, provided first insights into demonstration vehicles, simulators, and demo objects at the opportunity of the project's half-time event.
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Smart tires: Software measures tread depth

May 8, 2014
Automotive supplier Continental AG has developed a technique that detects if a tire has insufficient tread depth. The software deduces the actual tread depth from the gradual changes in the tire's rolling behaviour over time and enables drivers to recognize early enough if a tire is run down to below the tread depth required to maintain safety and issues a warning at the dashboard.
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Continental completes emission control value chain

May 1, 2014
With a takeover, automotive supplier Continental plans to extend its powertrain system competence. The Hanover, Germany, based supplier announced to acquire its present 50:50 joint venture Emitec GmbH. The move will enable Continental to offer next-generation exhaust gas treatment systems.
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Continental acquires British engineering partner Zytek

April 3, 2014
The British automotive industry is recovering - perhaps slowly, but steadily. Now tier one Continental has acquired 100 percent of its joint venture Zytek Automotive. With the move, Continental wants to expand its presence in the British market.
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Configurable telematics box connects cars worldwide

March 28, 2014
With a configurable telematics platform, automotive supplier Continental is addressing the requirements of the Connected Car. The module supports multiple mobile radio standards including LTE; with its download bandwidth of up to 100 Mbit/s it bundles a wide diversity of car-related connectivity services.
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Continental cranks up radar sensor production

March 26, 2014
Automotive supplier Continental has announced to ramp up its production of short-range radar sensors in the USA. These sensors are a crucial element in advanced driver assistance systems. With the move, Continental intensifies the competition against market leader Bosch.
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March 18, 2014
In a joint project, automotive suppliers Continental and Schaeffler prove that there is still significant headroom for better fuel efficiency in conventional combustion engines. For their demo car they used an engine that already had been honoured for its excellent efficiency - and still achieved a 15 % increase in mileage.
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One hardware, multiple domains: virtualising is the answer

February 25, 2014
Automotive head units increasingly are becoming the place where multiple application worlds and functional domains meet - from safety-relevant assistant systems to infotainment and internet access. Virtualisation, a software technique common in commercial IT and avionics, keeps these different data and software worlds securely separated.
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Continental, Infineon widen powertrain activities

February 6, 2014
Automotive supplier Continental has announced organisational changes in its powertrain division: The tasks of strategic and technological planning, currently combined in the Strategy and Technology business unit, will be split into two separate entities. At the same time, semiconductor vendor Infineon has created a new business unit for powertrain semiconductors. Though the measures are not linked directly, they have something in common.
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Parking brake gets electrified in all vehicle categories

January 31, 2014
Continental integrates the wiring for the wheel rotational speed sensor and for the electric parking brake (EPB) into one cable harness. This helps carmakers to reduce the unit price and decreases installation effort. According to the supplier, EPBs currently are designed into vehicles of all classes.
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Test and simulation environment to improve power module reliability for e-cars

January 27, 2014
Early reliability and life expectancy assessment of power electronics modules for electric cars is the goal of the InTeLekt research program launched in Germany. The research consortium will develop a test and simulation environment enabling module designers to devise more reliable products and reduce time to market.
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Continental sees new challenges for automotive HMIs

January 20, 2014
In the design of future-proof HMI concepts, automotive supplier Continental aspires to a holistic, integrated approach. "Car drivers should be able to intuitively comprehend what they need to know. It is about a dialog without words", said Continental board member Helmut Matschi at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit.
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Continental, HERE jointly drive towards the electronic horizon

January 14, 2014
Automotive supplier Continental and map services provider HERE will collaborate to make the connected car a reality. The developments will focus on the 'electronic horizon', future functionality for automated driving and intelligent transport systems. The collaboration agreement was announced at the North American International Auto Show currently going on in Detroit.
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Continental to showcase first concepts jointly developed with IBM

December 16, 2013
At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, automotive tier one Continental plans to demonstrate the first results of its strategic collaboration with IBM. Examples are a 'connected electronic horizon' for the vehicles as well as natural voice processing.
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Haptic feedback touchpad contributes to driving safety

November 14, 2013
Amidst a flood of stimuli generated by electronic gadgets in the vehicles, car designers are searching for innovative human-machine interfaces that can be utilized intuitively, without adding to driver's distraction. A study from the university of Kassel (Germany) certifies that the next-gen touchpad devised by Continental AG helps reducing stress and thus improving safety.
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Continental shrinks motorbike ABS

October 23, 2013
Half the size of the predecessor model has the new two-channel antilock braking systems for motorbikes from Continental AG. The new MK 100 MAB is also lighter and cheaper than the former model. Continental will introduce the ABS system to the public at the EICMA motorbike exhibition in Milan, Italy from November 7 to 11.
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Surround view system detects pedestrians, bicyclists in blind spot

October 10, 2013
A terrible classic among accident scenarios are turn accidents where large vehicles - trucks or buses - ignore pedestrians or bicyclists because they are in the blind spot. In many cases, such accidents are fatal, despite many efforts to design and roll out radar or ultrasound based "turn assistant systems". Now Continental has introduced a system that promises to be able to identify persons and bicyclist well enough. The system utilizes multiple cameras and smart software.
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Continental taps IBM for connected car developments

September 11, 2013
At the IAA automotive show, supplier Continental and IBM announced a technology cooperation aiming at jointly developing cloud-based services for connected vehicles. In this context, both companies plan to offer such solutions to carmakers around the globe.
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Infotainment platform integrates driver assistant functions

August 28, 2013
At the upcoming International Automotive show (IAA), automotive supplier Continental will introduce an infotainment platform with unseen capability of integrating many services and driver assistant functions. The platform also connects the vehicle to cloud-based information services - and brings the content to the driver's smartphone.
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Active seatbelt reduces severity of injuries

July 24, 2013
Automotive supplier Continental has developed a function to tighten seatbelts immediately prior to an accident, which can reduce the severity of possible injuries by up to 15 %.
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Continental to close gap in hybrid solutions

July 5, 2013
Continental announced a "technology kit" that closes the gap between today's marketable hybrid systems: While Low-end systems with relatively simple micro hybrid technology does not exploit the efficiency potential of hybrid technology, high-end systems with full hybrid approaches are not affordable. Continental plans to close this gap by introducing a technology kit that enables carmakers to hybridize their existing offerings in finely graded steps.
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Continental supplies powertrain for Renault's e-car Zoe

June 6, 2013
The powertrain of Renault's (and Europe's) first high-volume battery electric car ZOE will be supplied by automotive supplier Continental AG. The motor achieves high torque and power density without the need to utilize rare earth materials.
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Continental, Oerlikon collaborate on HEV and EV powertrains

May 28, 2013
Swiss technology group Oerlikon and the German automotive electronics supplier Continental will jointly develop and sell integrated motor-transmission units for hybrid electric and electric vehicles. The goal of the collaboration is to further improve the efficiency of electric drives through the holistic optimization of all components involved - including power electronics.
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65-nm ARM Flash MCU controls electronic brake

May 6, 2013
Texas Instruments and automotive supplier Continental AG collaborate on the first 65 nm ARM Cortex safety microcontrollers with Flash technology in volume production. The Continental processor for advanced control in electronic braking systems (PACE) is the foundation for the Continental MK 100 family of electronic stability control (ESC) systems. This 65 nm Flash technology also serves as the foundation for TI’s Hercules safety MCU open market products.
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Continental, BMW bundle R&D forces for automatic driving

February 27, 2013
Carmaker BMW and electronics supplier Continental announced plans to jointly create the technology required for highly automated driving. The R&D project is designed to run until the year 2014 and includes automatic driving even on high-speed motorways.
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Continental shows system to fight driver distraction

February 8, 2013
Automotive supplier Continental has introduced a concept vehicle in which the output signals of multiple driver assistance systems are bundled in an innovative multi-purpose LED display. With this design the inventors hope to reduce driver distraction.
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Continental launches new R&D facility for driver assistance systems

February 4, 2013
Increasingly, driver assistance systems are changing from dedicated single computers to networks of computers with entangled functionality. In order to master the exploding complexity of these systems, automotive supplier Continental has launched a new R&D facility with more than 120 employees.
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Tire sensors detect vehicle weight

January 30, 2013
Automotive supplier Continental has announced to expand the scope of functions of its tire pressure sensors: Future sensor generations will be able to detect the total weight of the vehicle. With this move, the company intends to make a contribution to safety.
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Continental and SK Innovation launch traction battery JV

January 22, 2013
Automotive supplier Continental has inked an agreement with SK Innovation of Korea to es-tablish a joint venture dedicated to developing battery technology for vehicles. The two firms intend to concentrate their related expertise in this new company with the goal of mutually developing, producing and globally marketing traction batteries based on the lithium-ion technology.
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Accurate position sensor helps BLDC motor in transmission control unit to run smoothly

January 16, 2013
Automotive systems manufacturer Continental has started to use the robust, accurate AS5134 angular position sensor from ams to help the high-speed brushless DC (BLDC) motor in Continental’s transmission control unit run smoothly and efficiently.
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Continental rolls out schedule for automatic driving

December 18, 2012
After years of trials and testing, automotive supplier Continental AG now has sketched a roadmap for an introduction of automatic driving. The company believes that by 2025, even automatic driving at high speed on highways will be feasible with serial vehicles.
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TFT screens enter motorbike dashboards

November 19, 2012
Real bikers set no great store by high-tech dashboards, right? They just love their analog displays for speed and fuel? The new motorbike TFT display combines analog look with state-of-the art graphics display technology.
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Continental sketches car-to-x landscape

November 8, 2012
Automotive electronics supplier Continental regards the car-to-car communications technology as a key factor for future mobility. In the run-up to the net meeting of the Car 2 Car Forum, the company explained the current status of its product strategy.
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Double-layer capacitor powers start-stop system

November 1, 2012
Start-stop systems for hybrid and micro hybrid cars are among the most efficient approaches to reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption. This holds true in particular for commercial vehicles used in intra-urban goods transport. The downside of such systems is that they expose the vehicle's power supply to significant stress - after all, the cranking motor draws up to 600A when starting up the engine. Continental has developed a start-stop system that complements the battery by a dual-layer capacitor.
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Camera and LIDAR sensor in a single unit for advanced driver assistant systems

October 22, 2012
Tiredness, distractions or loss of concentration are among the main causes of traffic accidents. Consequently, advanced driver assistance systems which help drivers in such situations can reduce the number of accidents. In order to provide reliable sensors which enable such driver assistance systems, automotive tier one Continental has developed a combination of an infrared laser (LIDAR) and a CMOS camera.
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Continental launches three new product lines in China

September 27, 2012
Automotive supplier Continental has launched additional production lines for sensors and actuators related to emission control. The move reflects stricter emission regulations in the world's largest market for passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
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Top view camera assist for trucks and buses

September 18, 2012
Fancy passenger cars have them already: Parking assists with top view representation oft he vehicle. For the start of the commercial vehicles exposition "IAA Nutzfahrzeuge" in Hanover, Germany, automotive electronics company Continental has demonstrated this feature for trucks and buses as well.
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Continental selects Infineon security devices for digital tachographs

September 4, 2012
Since May 2006, digital tachographs are mandatory in the EU for all new registered trucks exceeding 3.5 tons and for buses or coaches with more than eight seats. From October 2012, according to EU regulations, only new-generation devices are permitted to be installed in trucks and coaches which are more difficult to manipulate and less likely to malfunction. In the new generation of its digital tachographs, supplier Continental has chosen to use security chips from Infineon exclusively.
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Digital tachograph offers remote download, improved security

July 16, 2012
Continental VDO has announced a new version of its digital tachograph for trucks and buses. The DTCO 2.0 features an improved remote data download function. In addition it meets the latest EU legislation for data security in telematics applications.
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July 12, 2012
About a quarter of all passenger car accidents involving personal injuries in Germany are attributable to multiple accidents. An initial rear-end collision or a collision with a crash barrier, for example, often leads to secondary accidents because drivers are no longer capable of bringing their vehicles to a stop under control. As part of its ContiGuard safety concept, automotive electronics supplier Continental has developed Post Crash Braking Technology which is designed either to prevent secondary accidents or to at least moderate their effects, thus reducing the potential risks to vehicle occupants and other road users.
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Continental provides upgradeable infotainment system for Fiat

July 6, 2012
Fiat Group Automobiles will soon launch serial production for a cars equipped with a new infotainment system developed by automotive supplier Continental. The system will be available as a car radio in its basic form but also as an advanced multimedia head unit. During its service life, it can be upgraded or modified by installing new software versions.
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Continental to combine passive safety with undercarriage and safety sensors

June 21, 2012
In order to support ESC functionality (Electronic Stability Control), in the year 2016 more than 50% of all vehicle platforms will integrate the sensor cluster into the airbag controller. In order to meet the demand resulting out of this situation, automotive tier one Continental AG has analyzed and modified its internal organization. As a result, the company has folded its inertial sensor and sensor cluster business as well as its airbag control units into the newly created Passive Safety & Sensorics division (PSS), based in Frankfurt
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Continental dedicates new tech center to piezo ignition

June 14, 2012
For the past twelve years, automotive supplier Continental has been manufacturing piezo injectors for diesel engines at its site in Limbach-Oberfrohna/Stollberg. With their ultra-fast operation, piezo injectors have revolutionized common rail injection systems. Production of the injectors requires exceptionally efficient machinery, and Continental decided to develop this equipment itself. To this end the company is currently building a new technology center in Limbach-Oberfrohna which is due to open for business in December of this year.
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Continental presents technologies for the transition to electric powertrains

May 24, 2012
Views on electromobility together with strategic consequences of the international automotive supplier Continental were at the center of a keynote speech delivered by Continental Executive Board Member José Avila at the second eMobility Summit in Berlin.
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Continental integrates engine control and energy flow management into one system

May 16, 2012
Automotive supplier Continental has announced a new Engine Management platform generation, the System 3 (EMS3), which governs fuel injection and ignition with more precision than before. It also coordinates electric automobile motors and monitors their battery charge status. The system thus maximizes the interplay between a hybrid's internal combustion engine and its electric motor.
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May 14, 2012
Software development gives headaches to automotive electronics R&D managers: While the development complexity increases rapidly, the software at the same time becomes an increasingly important and essential ingredient in automotive controls. During the fourth Congress on Real-Time Development organized by software vendor Inchron, OEMs and tier ones discussed strategies to tackle the challenges.
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Continental shrinks EV power electronics module by one third

May 9, 2012
Automotive tier one Continental has introduced a new generation of its power electronics module for electric drive train applications. Since DC/DC converter and inverter are now integrated into a single package, the volume of the unit has been reduced by 33 percent, as did the weight.
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Better driving range though energy management

April 24, 2012
Up to 15 percent more kilometers per battery charge just by improving the energy management systems - this is the goal of a research project led by the Dresden Institute for Automotive Technology. The researchers expressly do not intend to modify or change the battery itself. Instead, intelligent networking of car and infrastructure as well as better management of the in-car energy sinks will be established to reach this goal.
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Continental brings second-generation head-up displays to series 3 BMW

March 23, 2012
BMW will integrate Continental's second-generation head-up display into its medium-class 3 series vehicle. This generation is smaller but offers more features compared to its predecessor which was integrated into the 5 series. Continental is already preparing the third generation. One of the ingredients will be augmented reality, the company hints.
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Continental to present gesture control at Chicago Auto Show

February 9, 2012
At the Chicago Auto Show which will take place from February 10 to 19, automotive supplier Continental AG will exhibit its 'Simplify your Drive' concept vehicle. In this context, the company plans to show for the first time an application for gesture control.
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Continental joins OPEN Alliance Ethernet consortium

January 31, 2012
Automotive supplier Continental AG is a new member of the OPEN Alliance SIG (One Pair Ether-Net Alliance Special Interest Group). The group is dedicated to spreading the use of Ethernet networks as the standard solution for in-vehicle applications. Continental's move is not much of a surprise: The company has highlighted its commitment to Ethernet already at earlier opportunities.
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SK Innovation, Continental announce Li-ion battery JV

January 11, 2012
At the Detroit Motor Show, Korean energy R&D group SK Innovation and German automotive tier one Continental AG have announced the launch of a joint venture aiming at developing and manufacturing lithium Ion batteries for electric vehicles. In a head agreement, both companies said they intend to serve the global market for such batteries.
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Continental to roll out Ethernet in all automotive domains

November 30, 2011
Automotive supplier Continental AG has provided details regarding the roll-out of Ethernet as the technology for in-car networking. The company also announced plans to replace MOST as the current infotainment networking technology by Ethernet.
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Gentex, Continental grab extra 10% of car camera market

November 24, 2011
Whilst the automotive camera module market is growing rapidly, the supplier base is consolidating so that not all suppliers are benefiting from this growth. The latest market share numbers from IMS Research show that the two leading suppliers of front camera modules, Gentex and Continental, will increase their combined market share by nearly 10 percentage points in 2011.
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Highly exact position sensor enables car2x applications

November 17, 2011
By fusing driving dynamics sensor information with GPS data, automotive supplier Continental will make it possible to determine the precise position of a vehicle within its lane. This degree of exactness is required to roll out car2x applications.
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Ethernet succeeds in automotive environments

October 14, 2011
Standard IT components and approaches increasingly enter automotive electronics. Now Ethernet is about to be established as the data bus standard for future car generations.
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Fuel quality sensor helps adapting cars to different fuel qualities

October 4, 2011
Automotive supplier Continental AG coordinates the IQ FUEL consortium dedicated to developing a highly integrated micro sensor system that determines the actual fuel composition in the tank. This fuel quality sensor makes it possible to optimize the engine control strategy according to the current fuel quality in the tank.
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Research project aims at affordable safety through shared sensors

September 28, 2011
Automotive OEMs and the University of Passau (Germany) have launched a research project that aims at reducing costs for safety-relevant driver assistant systems by shared use of components. The goal is to make these systems affordable also for compact cars and even small cars.
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Sensor combines GPS and driving dynamics data

September 19, 2011
An important prerequisite for car-to-x communications is that the vehicles involved in the communications process exactly know - and communicate - their whereabouts. Today's GPS navigation systems are not always exact and reliable enough since the reception of the satellite signals does not always work properly if the vehicle is in a tunnel or if buildings shield off the signal. Automotive supplier Continental AG now has developed a sensor that provides exact, reliable location data.
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Continental brings high-end HMI to volume segment

August 29, 2011
A concept car from tier one Continental AG is crammed with new developments in the segment of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) the company plans to introduce in the volume segment over the next couple of years. The designs include "virtual" car keys implemented in mobile phones and a infrared-based switches which give designers new options.
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Continental expands ECU production in Russia

July 6, 2011
Automotive tier one Continental AG has announced to significantly expand its Electronic component production in Kaluga, Russia. The company expects very strong growth in the emerging Russian market. The goal: Continental wants to be the leading electronics supplier for the Russian automotive industry.
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HAVEit project proves series maturity of automatic driving

June 23, 2011
During the final event of the European HAVEit research project 17 industry and science entities presented their contributions to technologies aiming at automatic driving. The event proved that several building blocks are rather close to series maturity.
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Symtavision joins efforts with AUTOSAR modelling tool vendors

June 22, 2011
Symtavision has announced a series of collaborations on timing design and verification with leading AUTOSAR modelling tool vendors. The collaborations have resulted in the integration of Symtavision's SymTA/S scheduling analysis tool suite for system-level timing design and timing verification with aquintos/Vector’s PREEvision, Continental Engineering Services’ CESSAR-CT, dSPACE’s SystemDesk and ETAS’ i-SOLAR.
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Continental acquires Magna International's radar engineering unit

June 20, 2011
Automotive supplier Continental has closed an agreement with Magna Electronics to acquire Magna's radar engineering unit. With the move, Continental aims at strengthening its position in the market for radar-based Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS).
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ASIC chip set helps put Continental's crash prevention system on the road

May 23, 2011
International automotive supplier Continental has selected austriamicrosystems' ASIC chip set for automotive Laser-based obstacle recognition systems (LIDAR) which is now entering high volume production.
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Continental to employ stereo vision for driver assistance systems

May 4, 2011
Automotive supplier Continental AG has announced to add a stereo camera to its ContiGuard safety system as an integral element of its forward looking braking systems. This will help prevent or at least reduce the seriousness of the frequent accidents involving pedestrians or with vehicles at intersections, the company said.
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Research project aims at stacked multi-sensor systems

May 2, 2011
Development of complex miniaturized multi-sensor systems for automotive and industrial applications is the goal of the MANOS research project. Within the scope of the project, eight companies collaborate in driving the development of modular stacked sensor systems. The project focuses on innovative assembly and connection technologies.
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Highly automated driving takes shape

April 18, 2011
The HAVEit project is intended to make vehicles safer, more environmentally-friendly and fuel efficient by enhancing their level of automation. After more than three years of research work on intelligent driver assistance systems, seven vehicles demonstrating results will be presented in Borås (Sweden).
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Connected cars fill frequency bands and swamp address schemes

April 11, 2011
Cars are becoming talkative and communicative. Future vehicles will automatically transmit data to the outside world. Communication partners include other vehicles, roadside units - and even the cloud.
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Continental center stack brings ergonomics to displays

March 23, 2011
Electronic displays increasingly play a leading role in vehicle cockpits. Now automotive tier one Continental has introduced a center stack module that combines the versatility of LCD displays with ergonomics and design freedom.
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March 14, 2011
Continental is equipping the electrically powered EcoCarrier light truck with a passive safety system. In this vehicle category airbags are not mandatory. The Continental development brings occupant safety of such vehicles to the same level as passenger cars.
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Consortium develops technology for switchable drive batteries

March 3, 2011
Rapidly exchanging the batteries for electric vehicles could be an alternative solution to the time-consuming process of recharging. The European Commission now has given green light to a development project aiming at creating the associated technology.
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Continental, NXP to integrate NFC into cars

February 17, 2011
Mobile phones will me more tightly integrated into vehicles – this has been the mantra in the industry already for several years. Now chip vendor NXP and automotive electronics supplier Continental have demonstrated how NFC (Near Field Communications) can be used as an enabler for new applications.
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Sensor shuts off HV battery during accident

February 9, 2011
Automotive supplier Continental has developed a sensor (satellite) for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles which will immediately shut off the high-voltage battery in the event of a collision while the vehicle is in charge mode. Thus, emergency service personnel can recover vehicles without running the risk of suffering an electric shock.
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Continental sketches intelligent on-board car charging architecture

January 12, 2011
The lack of a charging infrastructure and a bundle of objections from the users (“range anxiety”) are some main obstacles that keep e-car markets from taking off. Automotive supplier Continental AG tries to counter these objections with a concept that bundles most of the intelligence for a smart infrastructure within the vehicles instead in the charging stations.
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Ford Focus brings emergency brake assist to compact class

December 13, 2010
The new Ford Focus model, scheduled for roll-out in early 2011, boasts more electronic assistance systems than most other vehicles in its class. Some features are an industry's first in the compact segment, as for example the emergency brake assist.
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Continental opens another factory in China

December 3, 2010
Automotive supplier Continental AG has opened a new production site in Jiading (Shanghai), serving local markets in China as well as global customers. The site manufacturers products for all three Continental automotive electronics divisions – chassis & safety, powertrain, and interior.
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Continental launches brake JV in China

October 27, 2010
Automotive tier one Continental AG (Hanover, Germany) has launched a joint venture with Huayu Automotive Systems (HASCO) aiming at designing and manufacturing brake systems for the Chinese market.
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Low-grip conditions early warning system uses sensor fusion

October 12, 2010
Automotive supplier Continental is collaborating with a number of partners in a research project aiming at detecting potentially slippery road sections. The research results will be used for the design of a system which will give the driver an advance warning about low grip.
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Pressure sensor increases pedestrian's chances of survival in an accident

October 6, 2010
In order to improve pedestrian protection in collisions with cars, automotive tier one Continental AG has developed a novel sensor: An air hose is connected to two pressure sensors and flexibly built into the bumper. These sensors detect accidents involving pedestrians and activate the safety systems in the vehicle's body.
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Electronic assistants climb into truck driver's cab

September 30, 2010
The IAA trade fair for commercial vehicles showed that the trend towards “electronifying” the cars has reached trucks and buses. The rationale behind the rising demand for driver assistance systems in this class of vehicles is efficiency and safety.
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Hirschmann Car Communication develops ultra-small antenna

September 30, 2010
An extremely small antenna for GSM and GPS reception has been developed by Hirschmann Car Communication for automotive tier one Continental AG. The device can be integrated into Telematics boxes or on-board units.
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Tire communicates with smartphone

August 25, 2010
Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) with dashboard displays were yesterday. Automotive electronics supplier Continental has developed a TPMS that informs the driver about tire problems by means of a technology more en vogue today: The smartphone.
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Continental box locates vehicles - worldwide

July 21, 2010
Automotive tier one Continental AG has combined a GPS receiver and a GSM mobile radio unit to a Telematics box which opens the door for a host of options – from stolen car retrieval to fleet management and insurance tariff arrangements.
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July 19, 2010
The complexity of automotive electronics has reached a degree that makes it increasingly difficult to manage diagnostics. According to chip vendor Infineon, the causes of up to 40 percent of error reports in vehicles cannot be identified exactly. In a joint research project, OEMs, tier ones and chip vendors try to improve the diagnostic capabilities within the car electronics jungle.
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Affordable start-stop system for ultra-compact cars

July 8, 2010
Automotive electronics supplier Continental AG has developed a control unit for the lower price segment in particular in emerging markets. According to the vendor, the control unit makes it possible for vehicle manufacturers to offer models in the ultra-compact category with an automatic start-stop system within short development time.
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Brose tops automotive electronics growth ranking

July 7, 2010
The crisis of 2009 has shaken up the European automotive electronics landscape. According to market researcher Strategy Analytics, the market driver number one was the demand for systems helping car vendors to reduce fuel consumption.
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Driver assistant system supports drivers in roadworks sites

June 25, 2010
Within the scope of the AKTIV research initiative, automotive tier one Continental AG has demonstrated a device that hitherto was said to be very difficult to implement: An electronic roadworks assistant system. It supports drivers in keeping within their lane in narrow and complex highway sections. A key technology for the system was sensor fusion.
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German trio transfers Lithium-ion technology to hybrid-drive trucks

May 10, 2010
Automotive tier ones Continental AG, ZF Friedrichshafen and ads-tec GmbH have launched a joint project aiming at Lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric drives in commercial vehicles. Unlike many other projects focusing on materials, the joint effort gets granular on production technology.
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Ethernet could integrate automotive infotainment, study says

April 19, 2010
After MOST and Firewire, Ethernet is emerging as a third option for in-car infotainment networks. A study reveals that Ethernet respectively IP (Internet Protocol) offers several benefits over its competitors.
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Autosar has new spokesperson

April 14, 2010
Effective April 1, Stefan Bunzel has succeeded Simon Fürst as the spokesperson for the Autosar software development partnership. The move follows the normal Autosar nine-month rotation scheme for this function.
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Intelligent antenna module for Connected Cars

April 13, 2010
With the age of “connected cars” emerging, Continental and antenna specialist Kathrein have developed an intelligent antenna module that according to the vendors' claims simplifies wiring throughout the vehicle and improves signal quality.
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